<p>[Early</a> offers see foreign trend - The GW Hatchet](<a href=“http://www.gwhatchet.com/2012/02/21/early-offers-see-foreign-trend/]Early”>Early offers see foreign trend – The GW Hatchet)</p>
<p>looks like regular decision will be REALLY tough this year. </p>
<p>1,410 spots left. ~19,500 RD apps.</p>
<p>F my life 10char</p>
<p>How many people are they going to accept if they have 1410 spots left?</p>
<p>im guessing 5,500-5,750</p>
<p>I hate how people just apply to schools for the sake of applying. There are a whole bunch of academically strong students who applied to GWU with no intention of matriculating. I hope that GWU deciphers between those who truly want to attend GW and those who don’t.</p>
<p>yea i know. looks like ed is really the way to go. 40% of the class is a bit crazy…but schools will do anything to protect yield.</p>
<p>Well, too late for that. I couldn’t apply ED, because my parents wouldn’t make that nearly $60K/year commitment. All I know is that if I get accepted, I’m going to do everything I can so I can attend GWU. GWAlum07, mind if I PM you with some questions?</p>
<p>are they going to reject the over qualified ?</p>
<p>it depends. if they feel like people arent really interested in the school then they wont accept them . really, the why GW needs to be really strong. that could make or break an application.</p>
<p>luna, i really don’t know what makes somebody overqualified. 25% of the freshman class have sat scores above 2100. are they overqualified?</p>
<p>they’ll try to reject people that won’t contribute to the community.</p>
<p>oh ok i was just looking at the RD thread for GW 2015 and thats what they were saying</p>
<p>Overqualified means that the 25% who have sat scores of 2100+ had a relatively easier chance of being accepted. The qualified is the 50% that had a decent chance of being accepted. But even given the relative ease, that 25% had demonstrated that GW is really a school that they would want to attend instead of treating it as a safety school. Those who do treat it as a safety school are the ones who’ll get rejected, no matter how high their scores are. as adababy said, the why gw essay is important, especially to those who are overqualified and underqualified. </p>
<p>On a side note, the ED acceptances are crazy this year! 
I feel like gw really is trying to protect its yield by doing this. I don’t think it’s going to be VERY tough this year though, maybe just slightly. And yeah i’m betting mid 5000s on this one too.</p>
<p>I got in ED and under GW’s ED program you can still reply for financial aid</p>
<p>Well my hopes of getting accepted here have now decreased. I really hope I have showed enough interest in my essay…
I would love to attend this school.</p>
<p>Yes, superstars. Should you be rejected, know that it was because you ere “overqualified.”</p>
<p>I was really surprised to see that GWU offers an ED option in January on the same date as the RD deadline! It seems to me to discriminate against kids who need financial aid in order to make a decision.</p>
<p>^
You can always turn down an offer of admissions through ED if you feel that the financial aid offered is not sufficient so I don’t think it is discriminatory in that sense… :p</p>